Adobe has released Lightroom Mobile 1.3 for iPhone and iPad. This update includes the following new features: Edit images faster by copying image adjustments and pasting them onto another photo. New Segmented view in Collections gives you a different way to view and engage with your photos. Presentation mode: Allows you to pass your device around to others so that they can view your photos, without worrying about your flags, ratings and adjustments being accidentally changed. This free update Lightroom Mobile is available from the iOS app store. (Use of Lightroom Mobile requires a Creative Cloud subscription.) Copying and Pasting Adjustments: Adjust your first photo. Then tap and hold your finger down to bring up the option to Copy Settings, […more]

To give users time to prepare, Adobe has announced this week that when Lightroom 6 is released (no date yet), it will require Mac OS X 10.8 or above (Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite), or a 64 bit version of Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. According to Adobe, “Focusing our work on more modern operating systems and architectures allows us to spend more time adding functionality requested by users, including additional advanced imaging features and improving general application performance.” More information from the Adobe Lightroom Journal post: If your operating system is not supported, you can still use Lightroom 5 and prior versions. If you are running Mac OS X 10.7, Apple offers a free upgrade. For Windows users, here’s information on […more]

Lightroom 5.7 was released tonight. For those of you waiting for support for the Canon 7D Mark II, the Nikon D750, and other new cameras, as well as those of you with the Nikon D4S and D810 waiting for tethering support, this will be great news. For the rest of us, there are bug fixes, new lens profiles, a built-in plug-in for importing iPhoto and Aperture libraries, and a new collaboration feature – this last one is available only to Creative Cloud subscribers. As before, the collaboration feature allows you to share collections of photos with clients and friends online, but now this is easier to do. Viewers can also comment and like your photos with this feedback syncing back […more]

Adobe has announced the immediate availability of the release candidate of Camera Raw 8.7 and an update to the DNG Converter – both are available at labs.adobe.com. The DNG converter in particular can be useful for Lightroom users who have purchased one of the new cameras below – until support for these cameras is available in Lightroom, you can use it to convert your raw files to Adobe’s DNG raw format, which you can then import into Lightroom. Casio EX-100PRO Fujifilm X30 Leaf Credo 50 Leica V Lux (Typ 114) Nikon D750 Panasonic DMC-GM1S Sony ILCE-5100 Sony ILCE-QX1 Read more about the Camera Raw 8.7 release, which also contains new lens profiles and bug fixes. These changes are not available […more]

Adobe has announced that Lightroom 5.6 is now available. This is a free update to Lightroom 5, with new camera support, new lens profiles, and bug fixes. If Lightroom doesn’t prompt you to update when you open it, go to Help > Check for Updates (or download the update directly from the links provided at the end of this article). Once the file downloads, double-click on it to run the installation wizard. Creative Cloud subscribers can also update through the CC desktop app. Note that it is always a good idea to back up your Lightroom catalog before updating. To do this, go to Edit (PC) / Lightroom (Mac) > Catalog Settings, set the backup prompt to When Lightroom Next Exits, […more]